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Knee jerk reaction to Ped deaths coming? Councillor wants 10 kph less speed limits (pg. 7)
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by love_child
But that still doesnt give the right for a driver to plow through a pedestrian if they are jay-walking in front of them. |
But that shouldn't make the driver at fault. If I am driving 40 down a the street and some guy just walks out between two parked cars on the side of the road and i just splatter his ass all over the pavement. Not my fault...I didn't do anything wrong.
Obviously not do it on purpose. I am sure that none of the accidents here was people purposely running over pedestrians. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by love_child
But that still doesnt give the right for a driver to plow through a pedestrian if they are jay-walking in front of them. |
Obviously im not advocating running over pedestrians.
But right now toronto drivers usually slam on the brakes and wait for the pedestrian to cross.
In montreal by contrast, you run for your life because you know damn well they arent going to stop. Or at least thats how it used to be.
Me? Im not afraid to use my horn. It may not work for that instance, but im pretty sure if everyone honked these idiots there would be fewer of them in the future
Its classic Pavlov conditioning as far as im concerned |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
Me? Im not afraid to use my horn. It may not work for that instance, but im pretty sure if everyone honked these idiots there would be fewer of them in the future
Its classic Pavlov conditioning as far as im concerned |
This I agree with. When ever I drive with my girlfriend, she is too timid honk the horn at idiots, drivers or pedestrians. So I make sure to lean over and press it. You have to make idiots feel like idiots. |
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| LKD |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
This I agree with. When ever I drive with my girlfriend, she is too timid honk the horn at idiots, drivers or pedestrians. So I make sure to lean over and press it. You have to make idiots feel like idiots. |
hahhaa...reminds me of several times when pedestrians have walked ALONG the middle of the road in the burbs and i've honked and given them the finger telling them to wake the up and use their brains.
each time's better than the last. |
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| Jayx1 |
gotta love the nanny state! |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by smuncky
i regards to that star piece...
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| quote: | | It is perfectly legal to cross the street mid-block in Toronto. The law says you can do it as long as you don’t interfere with traffic, and you’re not right beside a crosswalk. |
this is what i thought too.. This is exactly how the peajwalker operates. And i think this is fine. But if a car has to slow down for you or you get hit, it should be all on you and no one else. |
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| FunkyCrew |
so apparantelly today one pedestrian got a ticket for crossing on Bay/Bloor at flashing red light :wtf:
is this something entirely new? I was under the impression that we can cross as long as the red is still flashing (with a countdown from 10 to 0) |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
so apparantelly today one pedestrian got a ticket for crossing on Bay/Bloor at flashing red light :wtf:
is this something entirely new? I was under the impression that we can cross as long as the red is still flashing (with a countdown from 10 to 0) |
i think thats a case of a ticket happy cop. If this indeed is a ticketable offence and they are actually fining people for it, this is a new low even for our city/province.
I dont even think Singapore is that bad
PS: in singapore they had fences along the road so that u could only cross at crosswalks. But here is the catch. Major roads in Singapore were almost like expressways that go through the city but with controlled signaled intersections. Cars moved about 70 or 80 klicks. Pedestrians were kept on the sidewalk to move about freely and cars were kept on the road to move about freely. It seemed to work just fine. Businesses were abundant along the roads, there were lots of pedestrians. Transit was great. And cars moved! |
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
this is what i thought too.. This is exactly how the peajwalker operates. And i think this is fine. But if a car has to slow down for you or you get hit, it should be all on you and no one else. |
don't forget to read the original post.
http://spacing.ca/wire/2007/11/20/p...finitive-guide/ |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
i think thats a case of a ticket happy cop. If this indeed is a ticketable offence and they are actually fining people for it, this is a new low even for our city/province.
I dont even think Singapore is that bad |
I can't find anything online so I think my co-worker saw it with her own eyes
she mentioned the light was at 2 seconds and flashing
ha, funny question - they stop me and want to issue a ticket, I have no ID on me, what is their next move? can they legal detain a jaywalker? |
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